Robert Benton Movies

Bad Company is a movie starring Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, and Jim Davis. A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west

The Late Show is a movie starring Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, and Bill Macy. A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.

Kramer vs. Kramer is a movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Jane Alexander. Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues...

Still of the Night is a movie starring Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, and Jessica Tandy. A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Places in the Heart is a movie starring Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, and Ed Harris. In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.

Billy Bathgate is a movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, and Loren Dean. In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Nobody's Fool is a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, and Jessica Tandy. A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.

The Human Stain is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, and Ed Harris. When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a...

Feast of Love is a movie starring Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, and Alexa Davalos. A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical,...